Mobility Air Transport A Hassles-Free Way to Fly

   I have been in touch with a new company starting out with limited services for 2008. The company is Mobility Air Transport (www.iflymat.org) and I, for one am quite excited about it! Marvin and I have not flown since a trip for the PCBA to Las Vegas, NV to do the SHOT show. Marvin’s wheelchair and equipment was damaged and some destroyed. It took longer that it was to take from Nevada to Pittsburgh, PA. Needless to say Marvin has refused to fly anywhere! Now maybe we can return to flying, especially now with the GAS prices!

   I first learned of MAT in early March and had a few emails back and forth with founder Ken Wilson. Ken has been interested in aviation since he was a child. He worked in airports for a number of years as an attendant fueling planes to a flight attendant moving disabled passengers in isle chairs, to becoming a pilot himself.

   Ken says he has several friends who have disabilities and each have different travel needs. Knowing this plus his love of flying, he had several questions about how someone in a power wheelchair would be able to continue to travel. A vision started to form of helping people with disabilities to fly. He started to check into anything that is available for the disabled and found nothing.

   Mobility Air Transport  will be able to fly from and to any US airports, plus Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. Airfares will be comparative to the bigger airlines (pricing information can be found at www.iflymat.org/pricing )